The Obverse Quarterly is a new venture in current small press publishing. Taking our cue from the New England Library paperbacks of the 1970s, Obverse Books are delighted to present a set of four paperback short story collections, available both by annual subscription and as single volumes, each covering an area of interest to the genre fiction fan. From horror to fantasy, science fiction to detective stories, and with brand new stories from the likes of Michael Moorcock, Conrad Williams and Paul Magrs The Obverse Quarterly has something fresh and unexpected for everyone!

This is a subscription to the first four editions of the Obverse Quarterly, guaranteeing you a copy of this limited edition run of Obverse books at a bargain price!

The first year's subs will comprise the following books:

1. Bite Sized Horror ed Johnny Mains
2. Senor 105 and the Elements of Danger - ed Cody Quijano-Schell
3. The Diamond Lens - Short Fiction of Fitz-James O'Brien
4. Zenith Lives! - ed Stuart Douglas

Book 1: Lady Stardust, starring Iris Wildthyme and edited by Panda

Imagine if Iris Wildthyme somehow found herself involved in a series of adventures prompted by David Bowie song titles. 'Cracked Actor', 'Lady Grinning Soul', 'The Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family'...

Implausible, I know, but Iris is a law to herself and she, like everybody else, does like a bit of Bowie...six Iris stories linked by one magnificent pop star.

Book 2: Tales of the City, edited by Philip Purser-Hallard

Beyond the end of the universe exists a city the size of a galaxy, packed with every human being that ever lived, from the first Australopithecus to the last post-human, resurrected in a city in which nobody can die...or rather, that used to be the case.

The first ever "City of the Saved" short story collection, edited byt he man who created it for the Faction Paradox Book of the War.

Book 3: The Casebook of the Manleigh Halt Irregulars, edited by Phil Craggs

First seen in Paul Magrs' 'The Delightful Bag', then re-visited in Nick Wallace's novella 'The Irredeemable Love', the Irregulars - Wilson, Whitney, Dogberry and Miss Clarissa Miller - return for a third time, traversing Earth's more recent history in their very own Police station - until they come across a most unexpected future England!

Book 4: The Obverse Book of Detectives, edited by Stuart Douglas

Brainy Holmes types and idiosyncratic Morses are all very well, but what about those detectives on the very fringes of acceptable fiction? What price the stone age detective and the one based on Eastenders' actress Anita Dobson and hger beau, Queen guitarist Brian May? How about the Dog Detective or that crime fighting duo, Dougie Camfield and George Spenton-Foster? Well, we can't promise any of those exactly (though you never know!) but we can promise six brand spanking new detectives, created by six authors from the more...ahem...odd end of the spectrum!

A chewable selection of horror and terror from some of the masters of the field, edited by Mr Pan Horror himself, Johnny Mains...

Brighton Redemption - Reggie Oliver
The Between - Paul Kane
His Pale Blue Eyes - David A. Riley
The Unquiet Bones - Marie O’ Regan
The Rookery - Johnny Mains
The Carbon Heart - Conrad Williams

Reviews

"I highly recommended that you go and get this anthology, and while you're there get the subscription, it works out at great values four editions for the price of three." - Ginger Nuts of Horror

"Bite Sized Horror may not be perfect, but the stories that stand out—“Brighton Redemption”, “The Between”, “His Pale Blue Eyes”—are exceptional and pay for the cover price all by themselves, while even the misfires possess redeeming qualities...So all in all, Bite Sized Horror is a successful start to The Obverse Quarterly, which I look forward to continuing with in Zenith Lives!" - Fantasy Book Critic

"This is a short anthology but one full of highlights, the standout for me being Paul Kane’s The Between, but all the stories here deliver quality horror for you to chew on. Bite sized it may be but it’s still able to provide a feast for the more discerning palate." - Black Abyss

"Riley’s and Oliver’s stories alone are worth the price of the book. If you’re looking for top notch dark fiction you’d better hurry and buy it..." - The Short Review

"An excellent first quarter, then. Bring on the next!" - Goodreads

Senor 105, masked Mexican wrestler and fighter of evil and infamy returns in his own collection, edited by 105 creator Cody Quijano-Schell!

Señor 105 contra el Bigote de Perdición – Lawrence Burton
Mechaluchador vs Iguanadios - Jonathan Dennis
Are you Loathsome tonight? - Blair Bidmead
Jackalope – Cody Quijano-SchellThe Anti-element – Julio Angel Ortiz
There and Back Again - Niamh Petit
Glyph – Joe Curreri

One of the very earliest science fiction authors, whose work has not been in print since 1929, Fitz-James O’Brien was an Irish writer of poetry, plays and short stories who fought in the American Civil War and was killed in battle in 1862. His imaginative and often surreal fantasies have rightly been described as one of the earliest forerunners of modern science fiction.

RELEASED DECEMBER 2011 - AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!

For much of the first half of the twentieth century, the detective Sexton Blake appeared to be a cross between Sherlock Holmes and James Bond, as he foiled super-villains and evil geniuses time and again in the pages of boys comics. Foremost amongst those villains was Zenith the Albino, an opera cloaked gentleman with a taste for danger and excitement and little thought for personal safety. Obverse Books is proud to present new Zenith adventures from some of Blake’s biggest and best known fans!

With new Zenith stories from Michael Moorcock, Paul Magrs, George Mann, Mark Hodder and Stuart Douglas.

RELEASED MARCH 2012 - AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!